Baltasar Garzon rally

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People sign a giant banner displaying a picture of Spain's judge Baltasar Garzon at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid during a demonstration in support of Garzon, hours after the Supreme Court convicted Garzon in an illegal wiretapping case. Spain's Supreme Court convicted and suspended judge Baltasar Garzon from the law for 11 years crushing the judicial career of a man who won world renown for pursuing human rights abuses. The decision halts the rise of a judge who has taken on dictators, Basque militants and even Al-Qaeda, but who stumbled when he tangled with a corruption probe targeting senior politicians.

People sign a giant banner displaying a picture of Spain's judge Baltasar Garzon at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid during a demonstration in support of Garzon, hours after the Supreme Court convicted Garzon in an illegal wiretapping case. Spain's Supreme Court convicted and suspended judge Baltasar Garzon from the law for 11 years crushing the judicial career of a man who won world renown for pursuing human rights abuses. The decision halts the rise of a judge who has taken on dictators, Basque militants and even Al-Qaeda, but who stumbled when he tangled with a corruption probe targeting senior politicians.